Oregon Water Rights: Points of Diversion and Places of Use

Points of Diversion (POD) and Places of Use (POU) for all current and individually held water rights in Oregon, as maintained by the State of Oregon Water Resources Department. The dataset excludes rights held by irrigation districts, applications, temporary transfers, instream leases, and limited licenses. It was last updated on March 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map water diversion locations based on the Points of Diversion (POD) feature.
• Analyze spatial relationships between water rights and land use based on the Places of Use (POU) polygons.
• Support regulatory compliance and water resource planning based on the documented water right information.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (CSV, JSON, KML, GeoJSON).
• Official compilation procedures and code definitions are linked in the description.
• Last update date is precisely documented as 2026-03 22 03:17:07.957766.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data excludes rights held by irrigation districts, applications, and other specific categories.

Provenance

Source

State of Oregon Water Resources Department.

Collection Method

Compilation procedures are documented in a linked PDF.

Time Range

Covers current water rights; specific temporal coverage is not detailed.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:17:07.957766.

Geography

State of Oregon, USA.